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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2011
Klaus Weddingfeld, Waldkirch, DE;
Markus Rose, Freiburg, DE;
Klaus Weddingfeld, Waldkirch, DE;
Markus Rose, Freiburg, DE;
Sick AG, Waldkirch/Breisgau, DE;
Abstract
The present invention relates to an apparatus for configuring a bus system which includes a plurality of participants as well as a bus master and a safety monitor having an input unit by means of which suitable configuration information can be entered and/or selected for the configuration of the bus system and having a configuration unit configured to configure both the bus master and also the safety monitor by means of at least a piece of identical common configuration information input or selected via the input unit. The invention further relates to a method which can be carried out by the apparatus in accordance with the invention.